Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Volume LIX
Written by Petre Marian BREZEANU, Creola BREZEANU, Silvica AMBARUS, Teodor ROBU, Tina Oana CRISTEA, Maria CALIN
Exploitation of new and diverse sources of variation is needed for the genetic enhancement of Capsicum annuum L.species. Variety is an important factor of production and has to be in accordance with consumer needs. This studyrepresents a screening of physiology and biochemistry of pepper, particular the Romanian cultivars. The investigatedparameters were selected because of their importance in pepper quality, with the final purpose to identify the mostvaluable resources to be used in breeding as staring material. In this purpose, the study focused on the phenologicalobservation, biometrical measurements and also physiological processes that occur in fruits during their growth anddevelopment, which included the following characteristics: total dry content and water content; content in solubleglucides and titratable acidity, content in β carotene and anthocians, content in ascorbic acid, all parametersinvestigated are related with fruit quality. The most valuable cultivars, regarding nutritional quality were:Creola, characterised by 7.90% content in dry substance, TA 0.343 mg g-1 malic acid, AA 200.4 mg g-1, and carotenes23.452 mg g-1; Lider, 7.80 % content in dry substance, TA 0.344 mg g-1 malic acid, AA 200.2 mg g-1 and carotenes23.47 mg g-1; Cornel content in dry substance 7.40%, TA 0.331 mg g-1, AA 199.2 mg g-1and carotenes 23.0 mg g-1.
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